Nishith Khandwala
Co-Founder And CEO at Forbes Technology Council
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolNishith Khandwala is a Stanford-trained computer scientist and co-founder of Bunkerhill Health, where he translates cutting-edge AI research into clinically deployable algorithms backed by Sequoia and Felicis. With 11 years of experience spanning academic research at Stanford AIMI and industry internships at Apple and Symantec, he blends deep learning, computer vision, and production software engineering. He taught and assisted across core Stanford CS courses (CV, NLP, AI, generative models), signaling both strong technical depth and mentorship experience. Active in the health-AI startup ecosystem and a Forbes Technology Council member, he pairs research credibility with operator experience from Y Combinator W19. A detail that often goes unnoticed: he has hands-on systems experience from building C++ streaming frameworks and browser builds, which helps him bridge research prototypes to robust clinical products.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
W19, W19 at Y CombinatorMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Stanford University
Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati, English
Github Skills (24)
pygame7
autoencoder7
convolutional-neural-networks6
deep-learning5
machine-learning5
snorkel5
weak-supervision4
python4
question-answering3
ai3
gpu3
tensorflow3
deep-reinforcement-learning3
reinforcement-learning3
artificial-intelligence3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nishithbsk/nishithbsk.github.io
Mar 2016 - May 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 3 months
nishithbsk/tensorflow_tutorials
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
Code for TF tutorials (CS20SI and CS224N)
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 5 months
deep-learningmachine-learningcs224n
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